School Assignment

1. Confidentiality in the Workplace

2.  Ethical Responsibility
 Patient Right
 Constitutional Right
 Legal Duty-right to privacy

3.  Pass annual CBT HIPAA Training with a score
of 80% and attend in class lecture bi-annually

4.  A. $250,000 fine and 1 year imprisonment
 B. $ 50,000 fine and 1 year imprisonment
 C. $ 100,000 fine and 5 years imprisonment
 D. $250,000 fine and 10 years imprisonment

5.  B. $ 50,000 fine and up to 1 year imprisonment.
 Any offenses committed under false pretenses
the fine will be increased to $100,000 and 5
years imprisonment. An intent to sell and any
other harsher offenses will increase the fine to
$250,000 and the imprisonment to 10 years.

6.  A. Addresses
 B. Social Security Numbers
 C. Vehicle Information
 D. None of the Above

7.  D. None of the Above
 All of these are ways to identify a patient to
include: Telephone numbers, Account
numbers, medical record numbers, insurance
plan numbers, license numbers, photographs,
and fingerprints.

8.  A. Normal business activities: quality
insurance, audit, training
 B. Insurance for payment
 C. Providing Care
 D. All of the Above

9.  D. All of the Above
 There are very few reasons when a patient’s
information can be used without a written
approval. Direct patient care (need to know),
court order, third party billing, quality
assurance (especially for EMTs)

10.  True
 False

11.  False
 It is never ok to discuss patient information
among coworkers. The only personnel needing
patient information is working directing with
that patient and will be discussed at work and
not on a break

12.  True
 False

13.  False
 Any patient information must be shredded to
avoid violation. It is everyone’s responsibility
to report a violation.

14.  D. Both A and D
 Any time there is a violation or breach of
HIPAA and patient privacy, this must be
reported ASAP and to the appropriate officials.
This could be a supervisor, a security officer, a
privacy officer, or even the HIPAA officer.

15.  A. Within the hour and to the security officer
 B. The next day and a coworker
 C. As soon as possible and the supervisor
 D. Both A and D

16.  Pozgar, G. D. (2012). Legal Aspects of Health Care
Administration. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett
Learning, LLC .